Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Rathronshin, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathronshin
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09675, -7.10570
- SMR number
- LA009-064----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in tillage beside small quarry. Cropmark of semi-circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 48m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/07/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthophoto
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 16 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.